Sash-holder



(No Model.)

J. F. HAMBITZER.

SASH HGLDER. No 373,657. Patented. Nov. 22, 1887.

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JOSEPH F. HAMBITZER, or'nouen'ron, MICHIGAN.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,657, dated November 22, 1887.

Application filed May E 1857. Serial No. 237,643. (No model.)

' sash-holders in which a plate having two oppositely-inclined surfaces is secured to the win dow-casin g adjacent to the sash, and is adapted to receive a roller between either of its inclines and the sash to support or look the same in position. v

The invention has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction of sash-holders of this description, to facilitate their applica tion and repair, and to increase their convenience and etfectiveness in use; and to this end the invention consists in a novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and then definitely claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view illustrating the im proved sash-holder applied. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail of the wooden roller employed.

A designates a part of the casing at one side of the window, and'B a part of the sash.

To and against the inner face of the casing A, adjacent to the face of the sash, is held flatwise by screws 0 a thick flat plate, D, the inner edge of which is inclined downwardly toward the sash at D and downwardly away from the sash at D". Thus by placing the usual roller, E, between either of the inclines D or D the sash will be firmly supported and locked in the ordinary way against an upward movement in the first case and against a downward movement in the latter case.

I prefer to suspend the roller E from a cordattached to the plate, as shown, so that when removed from its seat it will leave both hands of the operator at liberty for adjusting the sash.

For supporting the roller between the-lower incline and the sash I provide a flat spring, F, which is secured by a screw, G, to the outer edge of the plate, is bent inward around the lower outer corner of the same, and extends beyond the lower end of the same nearly to the sash, so as to keep the roller in place therein and press it upward between the incline D and the sash, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The holder thus constructed can be easily applied by any person without cutting or removing the sash, and the roller, being on the outside of the casing, can be readily renewed, if injured, or removed when the sash is to be raised or lowered, thus leaving both hands free, as above stated.

This holder is a material improvement over those held in a recess in the wood in that its perfect action is not affected by the shrinkage of the sash or casing.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a sash-holder consisting of an attachable and detachable plate, D, formed with opposite edge inclines D and D", a flat spring, F, attached to the edge of the plate,extending along the same and projecting past the outer end of the incline D and a roller, E, all con structed, arranged to be applied, and to operate substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH F. HAMBITZER.

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